Ubuntu Security Notice USN-925-1
8th April, 2010
moin vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- moin
Details
It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when
processing Despam actions, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerabilities. If a privileged wiki user were tricked into performing
the Despam action on a page with a crafted title, a remote attacker could
exploit this to execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2010-0828)
It was discovered that the TextCha protection in MoinMoin could be bypassed
by submitting a crafted form request. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10.
(CVE-2010-1238)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 9.10:
- python-moinmoin 1.8.4-1ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 9.04:
- python-moinmoin 1.8.2-2ubuntu2.3
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- python-moinmoin 1.7.1-1ubuntu1.5
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- python-moinmoin 1.5.8-5.1ubuntu2.4
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- python2.4-moinmoin 1.5.2-1ubuntu2.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.